NIKKEI Automotive Technology 2008 January

Cover Story :
Making global strategy vehicles

Key Person:

High-mix, low-volume production can generate volume efficiency

Technology Report:

Variable gear-ratio steerings of JTEKT and NSK
Subaru's stereo camera
Tokyo International Automotive Conference report
Continental's electric brake
Object-oriented and UML-based development of in-car software
Suzuki's variable lift cam mechanism
Automotive industry in Belgium
Mercedes-Benz environmental forum
Audi's power train strategy
CSM forecasts trends of automotive technology
Mitsubishi Fuso's hybrid bus
Suzuki Cervo with direct injection turbo
NEC's multi-core CPU

Market Watch:

The iQ concept has come so far as to be put out on the market

News Index:

Nissan releases new-model GT-R

Analysis:

Technologies in Nissan GT-R

Analysis:

How widely can PND spread?

Road to BRICs:

The latest automotive plant in Guangzhou, China

Theory of Parts Evolution:

Air conditioners seek to be lighter

New Standards and Rules:

Fuel efficiency requirements in Europe and U.S.

Event Report:

The 40th Tokyo Motor Show Automotive Technology Days 2007 autumn

New Car Report:

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
Honda new-model Fit
Toyota new-model Land Cruiser
Toyota Mark X ZiO
Toyota Corolla Rumion
Subaru Impreza WRX STI

Basic Course:

Material/processing technology to cut cost and weight
Sensors update

Inside Story:
Honda's new-model automatic transmission for motorcycles

New Products:

for consumers
for engineers

Letters from readers / From editors / Coming next issue

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Nikkei Electronics Asia (monthly)

We are offering a magazine monthly to qualified engineers and managers free of charge.

In-depth Articles from Nikkei Electronics Asia

Cover Story SSDs Challenge HDDs, but Quality a Problem

Solid-state drives (SSD) using NAND Flash memory are beginning to show up in a variety of equipment as storage devices. Prices are dropping as semiconductor technology continues to evolve, accelerating adoption of the drives, but manufacturers must also deal with eroding quality.

Analysis Expanded Use of Silicon Tuners Transforms Tvs

With analog television broadcasting slated for the axe in about two years in Japan, TV broadcast tuners are evolving rapidly, replacing old radio frequency (RF) analog circuits with new integrated circuits (IC) called silicon tuners. Signal demodulators are evolving with them, and by tracing the direction of their evolution it is possible to delineate the shape of tomorrow's TV.

Convenience Stores Lead in Energy Conservation

Convenience store franchises are moving to slash energy consumption following the revision of the Japanese Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and are rapidly becoming showcases for cutting-edge energy-conservation technology. The technologies honed here will spread to other firms in the distribution industry, office buildings and more, eventually worldwide.